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Beaches & Seafront: Sunset on Cadiz City
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  • Updated By blint on February 28, 2008
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  • Sunset on Playa Victoria Cadiz. - Cadiz
    Sunset on Playa Victoria
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    The first must see activity is seeing the sunset from Playa Victoria. It never disappoints. I used to live in a flat with a sea view of Playa Victoria (the best beach in Cadiz city). The ocean has so many faces to charm you with.

    Playa Victoria is one of the beaches that goes along the road from San Fernando to Cadiz centre. Although it is really one long beach it has 3 names: Cortadura, Playa Victoria and Playa Santa Maria. You can see all the way to the Cathedral looking to the right and San Fernando to the left.

    You can sit out in any one of the beach bars and enjoy the sunset sipping a refreshment. Or you can take a romantic walk along the shoreline watching the sun slip below the sea and filling the sky with, pinks, reds, yellows and oranges. As the sun is just above the horizon it appears as a large pinkish red glowing ball. It really is a sight to behold.

    The pinkish light on the sea and on the normally fine whitish sand give everything a surreal look and feel.

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  • Directions: The beach stretches all the way from San Fernando to Cadiz centre.
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    Beaches & Seafront: La Caleta and Santa Catalina
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  • Updated By blint on January 27, 2008
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  • La Caleta at sunset - Cadiz
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    La Caleta is the beach in the old town of Cadiz city. It is a lot Smaller than the other beaches that sweep along the new town (and not quite as nice), but it is still a sight to see with the white peer like structure, the docked rowing boats and the Faro (lighthouse) perched at the end of a tiny strip of land that juts out from the beach.

    You can visit the Castillo (castle or fortress) de Santa Catalina right beside this beach. Here you may be lucky enough to catch a free sundown concert of live music or to see an interesting art or photo exhibition.

    You can visit Santa Catalina Mondays to Fridays between 10am and 6:30pm. Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays from 10am until 1pm. It is free.

    Santa Catalina was built on the order of Felipe II in 1598 after the English attacked the city.

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  • Address: 956 226 333.
  • Directions: In the old centre
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    Beaches & Seafront: Playa Santa Maria
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  • Updated By blint on March 6, 2008
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  • View looking to old centre - Cadiz
    View looking to old centre
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    Going out of the old centre this is the first beach you come to.

    It has some great views as you can see the cathedral and the old centre of Cádiz close up. This beach is better than La Caleta (the beach in the old centre of Cádiz) so it is worth the two minute walk from La Puerta Tierra to get here. If you continue walking the beach changes name but you can walk from Santa Maria to the end of Cádiz with no obstacles in the way.

    Though in summer this part of the beach gets the most crowded as it plays host to those who live behind it, those coming from the centre and usually a lot of the foreigners that visit Cadiz.

    The ironic thing is the sand here isn't as nice or white as the quieter parts of the beach such as Cortadura.

    It is a very popular place to go body boarding though and the water is often dotted with little black bobbing figures! If you like body boarding or want to give it a try then come to this part of the beach.

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    Beaches & Seafront: El Palmar
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  • Updated By blint on February 22, 2008
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    El Palmar is Vejer de la Frontera's nearest beach only 12-15 km from the beautiful white town and another 12-15km from Los Caños de Meca.

    I visited the beach on a Monday afternoon in July. As you can see it is almost deserted and stunningly beautiful. Behind the beach instead of ugly high-rise flats (typical of the Costa del Sol) Costa de la Luz's El Palmar has a couple of restaurants and a few country houses dotted around the tanned rolling hills.

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  • Address: Costa de la Luz
  • Directions: Heading south from Cádiz city down the Algeceras/Malaga road. Just south of Conil.
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    Beaches & Seafront: Don't miss the beach !
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  • By alucas on June 14, 2005
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  • Playa de La Victoria - Cadiz
    Playa de La Victoria
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    Playa de la Victoria is a beautiful sandy beach that stretches down the west side of the causeway linking Cadiz to the mainland. The waves roll in from the Atlantic, but if the sea is calm, it is wonderful to cool your tired feet paddling along the sea edge ! And if you get hot and thirsty, there are plenty of bars on the beachfront !

    There are also buses along the front to get you back to the old city, and the railway is only a short walk.

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  • Address: Playa de la Victoria
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    Beaches & Seafront: The Blue Whale and things for youngsters.
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  • By blint on June 20, 2007
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    Travelling with kids between June and September? Well this time may just come in handy for you.

    The Ballena Azul is a playground/activity park for kids situated on the playa victoria part of the beach.

    Further up playa victoria (past the hotel) you can find other activities for kids or young people some directed by groups of helpers set up by the local government. I think I've seen some type of martial arts going on and I believe this year (2007) they will have Warhammer games workshops there too.

    Even further up there is a place to 'rent' for free board games, books or play, ping pong or even table football (all on the beach).

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    Beaches & Seafront: La Playa de la Caleta
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  • Updated By annase on July 4, 2007
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  • Playa de la Caleta - Cadiz
    Playa de la Caleta
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    La Playa de la Caleta is the only beach situated within the old city walls, between two fortresses, San Sebastian and Santa Catalina. It is about 400m long and 30m wide at low tide and has fine sand and relatively shallow water. Apparently a scene in one of the James Bond movies, Die Another Day, was filmed here. The white building on the beach was supposed to be in Cuba although in reality it was in Cadiz!

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    Beaches & Seafront: A walk along the seafront and...
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  • By bonio on August 25, 2002
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  • Beaches & Seafront - Cadiz
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    A walk along the seafront and out to Castillo San Sebastian is a pleasant way to spend a sunny afternoon although the castle is not open to visit.

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    Beaches & Seafront: Another Look Down the Coastline...
  • By BleedOrange on January 26, 2005
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  • Beaches & Seafront - Cadiz
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    As you can see, in general the coastline of Cadiz is rocky...

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    Beaches & Seafront: Too chilly for a swim.
  • By ranger49 on February 26, 2008
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  • Beaches & Seafront - Cadiz
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    Cadiz is approached from the south by the long golden beaches of Costa de la Luz.
    We took a picnic and had a bracing walk but my word that Atlantic wind was really cold.
    For visits later in the year when the sun removes the chill factor these beaches are understandably becoming more and more popular as people desert the overdeveloped costas further north.

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